Kansenshogaku Zasshi
Online ISSN : 1884-569X
Print ISSN : 0387-5911
ISSN-L : 0387-5911
Anti-HTLV-I Antibody and Anti-HIV Antibody in Hemophiliacs, Patients of Renal desease and Blood Donors
Shigeru KOHNOYasuharu MASUYAMAYasumasa DOHTSUTakashige MIYAZAKIHironobu KOGAKazuaki YOKOYAMAKouichi TAURATakashi HARADAKeizo YAMAGUCHIKinichi IZUMIKAWAMasaki HIROTAAtsushi SAITOHKohei HARAKenichiro KINOSHITAMichito ICHIMARUMasaki YANAIYoshiro TSUJITsutomu MIYAMOTO
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1987 Volume 61 Issue 5 Pages 567-573

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Anti-HTLV-I antibody and anti-HIV antibody were measured by ELISA in hemophiliacs, patients of hemodialysis or nephrosis syndrome and blood donors in order to investigate the infection of acquired immunodeficieny syndrome (AIDS) and adult T cell leukemia (ATL).
With regard to anti-HTLV-I antibody, 4 out of 13 cases (30.8%) in hemophila, 21 out of 75 cases (28.0%) in renal desease and 12 out of 500 cases (2.4%) in blood donor were positive, respectively. With regard to and-HIV antibody, both Abbott and Litton assays were evaluated in those patients. Antibody titers correlated well statistically in two assays, but false positive cases were found in 16 cases (2.7%) by Abbott and 5 cases (0.9%) by Litton out of 558 cases, respectively. Ten out of 13 hemophiliacs (76.9%) were positive of and-HIV antibody, but no case was positive in patients of renal desease and blood donors. Immunological investigation reveals that OKT4/8 ratio was remarkably lower (0.86) in anti-HIV antibody positive cases than in negative cases.

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